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Public Art in Chicago

Chicago is a world-class city for public art. Block Museum members, staff, and special guests recently visited some of the city’s most artful spots. The tour spanned the length of the city, from Rogers Park toBronzeville. The works featured were equally diverse, ranging from a MarionMahonyGriffin mural situated within an elementary school, to the famous Picasso sculpture adjacent to theDaleyCenter, to Northwestern professorIñigo Manglano-Ovalle’sLaTormenta(The Storm), displayed inside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building.

Along the way, Lisa Corrin, the Block Museum’s Ellen Philips Katz Director,offered insight and shared her knowledge of public art.Corrin, who was the artistic lead for the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, recently wrote about the work ofAnishKapoor, the creator ofCloud Gate in Chicago’sMillenniumPark. You can read her article on the MIT website.